Consumer Advice

Bridgend Trading standards aims to ensure that fair-trading is carried out in Bridgend County Borough so that consumers can purchase goods and services with confidence in the knowledge that they are safe, correctly priced and accurately described

The Validate Proof of Age Scheme is a countrywide scheme run by a company in Devon.
Bridgend County Borough Council's, Public Protection Dept, Trading Standards Service, adopted the scheme in 1999 to try and prevent the sale of age-restricted products to minors. The aim was to have an impact on health issues as well as on anti-social behavior and crime and disorder by providing the trade with the tools to prevent an illegal sale of Alcohol, solvents, cigarettes, fireworks, knives, videos / CD's etc.